Big Earner

Big Earner
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Basic Information
Used by:	Spy
Slot:	Melee
Contributed by:	Cipher
Released:	Über Update
Availability:	Drop, Craft, Purchase or Uncrate #37 (Strange)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	Yes
Medieval:	Yes
Available Qualities
Unique Strange Collector's
Loadout Stats
The Big Earner 1 - 100 +30% cloak on kill -25 max health on wearer

“

Go to hell, and take your cheap suit with you! Click to listen — The Spy on incompetent spies.

”

The Big Earner is a community-made melee weapon for the Spy. It is a broken switchblade left permanently unsheathed, effectively making it a Template:W. Three small bands of blood-stained tape are wrapped near the base of the blade.

Equipping this weapon reduces the max health of the user by 25, lowering the Spy's overall health to 100. However, killing an enemy with this weapon, either with a backstab or regular melee attack, will fill the Cloak meter by 30%, regardless of which cloaking device is equipped.

Taunting with the Big Earner equipped allows the Spy to perform a deadly Fencing maneuver.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Damage and function times
Damage
Base damage	100%	40
Point blank		34-46
Backstab		600%
Critical		120
Mini-crit		46-62
Function times
Attack interval		0.8 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Item set

Main article: Item sets

The Man of Honor
	Enforcer Big Earner Cosa Nostra Cap Made Man
Effect	No effect

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Reclaimed Metal		Conniver's Kunai		L'Etranger		Big Earner
	+		+		=

Class Token - Spy		Slot Token - Melee		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

As a crafting ingredient

Refined Metal		Man of Honor weapon		Possible Results
x4	+		=

Related achievements

 Soldier

War Crime Spybunal Kill a Spy who just backstabbed a teammate.

 Sniper

Consolation Prize Get backstabbed 50 times.

Shock Treatment Kill a spy whose backstab attempt was blocked by your Razorback.

 Spy

A Cut Above Kill a gun-wielding Spy with your knife. Agent Provocateur Backstab your Steam Community friends 10 times. Come in from the Cold Get a Revenge kill with a backstab. Counter Espionage Backstab a disguised Spy. Die Another Way Kill a Sniper after your backstab breaks his Razorback. Dr. Nooooo Backstab a Medic that is ready to deploy an ÜberCharge. Fast Fingers Backstab a Scout that is using the Back Scatter. FYI I am a Spy Backstab a Medic who has healed you in the last 5 seconds. High Value Target Backstab an enemy who is dominating 3 or more of your teammates. Identity Theft Backstab the enemy that you're currently disguised as.

Is It Safe? Backstab 50 enemies who are capturing control points. May I Cut In? Backstab an enemy and the Medic healing him within 10 seconds of each other. Sapsucker Sap an enemy building, then backstab the Engineer who built it within 5 seconds. Slash and Burn Backstab an enemy, who then switches to Pyro before they respawn. Spymaster Backstab 1000 enemies. The Man from P.U.N.C.T.U.R.E. Stab an enemy while fencing. The Man with the Broken Guns Backstab an Engineer, then sap 3 of his buildings within 10 seconds. Triplecrossed Backstab 3 Snipers in a single life. Wetwork Stab an enemy to death while under the influence of Jarate. You Only Shiv Thrice Backstab 3 enemies within 10 seconds.

Update history

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

• The Big Earner was added to the game.

June 28, 2011 Patch

• Added/Refined recoil/draw/crit/reload forces for all of the new weapons in the Über Update.

January 11, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

Trivia

• The Big Earner was originally named the Sleuth's Stiletto.
• In Mafia slang, a Big Earner is someone who earns large amounts of money for the family.

Gallery

• 

  RED first-person view.

• 

  RED first-person view, ready to Backstab.

• 

  BLU first-person view.

• 

  BLU first-person view, ready to Backstab.

See also

• Big Earner strategy
• Cloak
• Backstab
• Fencing